Standing Out with CMT

by William Welsh

When I was five years old, other people made fun of me because I had CMT. I still get made fun of but I say, “Even though I have CMT I am like any other person”.

I try to live my life to the fullest and I do. When I was younger, I was always being told that I could not do things like running and jumping and rock climbing and that I was not like other kids.

I think that any person with CMT, no matter how bad it is, can do anything he wants to do. The things that I do are very challenging for someone like me, but what I do is very good for me. If any one were to come up to me and say that I could not play football I’d say, “I can so, and I will!”

I think that having CMT has changed my life, and if I had not been born with CMT, then I would not stand out in the world and I like to stand out in a good way!

CMT can be a bad thing if you think of all the things you can’t do, but it can also be a good thing if you think of all the things you are able to do even though you have CMT. It can also just be a thing you have and you can do nothing about.

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